Intel® 82801aa i/o controller hub (ich), Firmware hub (fwh), Intel – Intel 815 User Manual

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Introduction

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815 Chipset Platform Design Guide

1.3.2.2 Intel

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82801AA I/O Controller Hub (ICH)

The I/O Controller Hub provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of the system, as
follows:

Upstream accelerated hub architecture interface for access to the GMCH

PCI 2.2 interface (6 PCI Request/Grant pairs)

Bus master IDE controller; supports Ultra ATA/66

USB controller

I/O APIC

SMBus controller

FWH interface

LPC interface

AC’97 2.1 interface

Integrated system management controller

Alert on LAN*

IRQ controller

Packaging/Power

241 BGA

3.3V core and 1.8V and 3.3V standby

1.3.2.3

Firmware Hub (FWH)

The hardware features of the firmware hub include:

An integrated hardware Random Number Generator (RNG)

Register-based locking

Hardware-based locking

5 GPIs

Packaging/Power

40-L TSOP and 32-L PLCC

3.3V core and 3.3V / 12V for fast programming

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